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11/05/2019

Wayne W. Ruppert, CVT, CCCC, NRP, Cardiovascular Coordinator,

Cardiac Cath Lab, Bayfront Health Seven Rivers, Crystal River, Florida

Wayne W. Ruppert, CVT, CCCC, NRP, Car...

Accreditation is one of those rare things where all involved parties benefit: patients, hospitals, EMS, and the general public.

Accreditation is one of those...

11/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

Taking the Team Business Seriously

11/05/2019

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, Supervisor Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Heart & Vascular Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, S...

No matter how skilled someone is, the wrong character and the wrong fit will eventually lead to issues.

No matter how skilled someone...

11/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Cardiovascular Care Coordination Strategies and Their Effects on the Patient Experience

03/30/2019

Carol Wesley, Senior Consultant, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carol Wesley, Senior Consultant, Cora...

Four strategies can be employed or improved upon across operations to ultimately enhance the patient experience, and these include optimization of care and access, the delivery of seamless clinical coordination, care standardization, and data...

Four strategies can be employed...

03/30/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The Outcomes of Accreditation: A Snapshot of Program Improvements

01/31/2019

Amy Newell, Vice President, Kim Klima, Informatics Analyst, Corazon, Inc.

Amy Newell, Vice President, Kim Klima...

Gaining momentum as a differentiator, formal accreditation of either the service line or specific procedural components within cardiovascular, such as cardiac intervention, electrophysiology, peripheral vascular procedures, etc., can position...

Gaining momentum as a...

01/31/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Use of the STEMI Team for Treatment of Patients With Pulmonary Embolism: A Pilot Study

01/31/2019

Michael R. Kendall, MD,¹; Stuart Swadron, MD²; Leonardo C. Clavijo, MD, PhD¹; Anilkumar K. Mehra, MD¹; Antotreas Hindoyan, MD¹; Ray V. Matthews, MD¹; David M. Shavelle, MD¹

Michael R. Kendall, MD,1; Stuart Swa...

The aim of the Code PE protocol was to: (1) rapidly identify patients with massive and submassive PE; and (2) triage appropriate patients directly to the CCL for endovascular treatment.

The aim of the Code PE protocol...

01/31/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Same-Day Discharge for Elective PCI — Ready for Prime Time

11/27/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD, with commentary from Drs. Malcolm Bell, Rochester, Minnesota; Jim Blankenship, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sam Butman, Cottonwood, Arizona; David J. Cohen, Kansas City, Missouri; Lloyd Klein, Chicago, Illinois, and Sonoma, California; Bernie Meier, Berne, Switzerland; Duane Pinto, Boston, Massachusetts; Jeffrey Popma, Boston, Massachusetts; Gurpreet Sandhu, Rochester, Minnesota; Habib Samady, Atlanta, Georgia; Sunil Rao, Raleigh, North Carolina; Arnold Seto, Long Beach, California; Pinak Shah, Boston, Massachusetts; Adhir Shroff, Chicago, Illinois; Molly Szerlip, Plano, Texas; James Tcheng, Raleigh, North Carolina; Paul Teirstein, La Jolla, California.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with commentary f...

I asked for words of wisdom from our cath lab expert group regarding their experience with same-day discharge at their center. What are the obstacles to SDD? Who are the champions and why are we not doing it more?

I asked for words of wisdom from...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Accreditation as Program Strategy: Understanding Options for Achieving Excellence

11/04/2018

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, ...

Given the rapidly evolving healthcare reimbursement landscape, the question is no longer “if” accreditation of clinical programs will be required, but rather, “when.” The sooner this effort is launched, the sooner improvements will be...

Given the rapidly evolving...

11/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The FY2019 Reimbursement Impact in the Cath Lab

10/07/2018

Kristin Truesdell, Director, Business Consulting and Informatics, Corazon, Inc.

Kristin Truesdell, Director, Business...

The following summary provides a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2019 changes in terms of financial and quality standards.

The following summary provides a...

10/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Using Integrated Clinical and Financial Analytics to Drive Change

09/03/2018

Matthew Paul Esham, Director, Business Intelligence, LUMEDX

Susan Heilman, Senior Vice President, Corazon, Inc.

Matthew Paul Esham, Director, Busines...

The amount of data required to manage an invasive cardiology department continues to grow in both scale and complexity. Corazon believes it is no longer sufficient to track volumes while relying on months-old registry reports to measure...

The amount of data required to...

09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest